• Proceedings of the Korea Multimedia Society Conference
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• 2003.05b
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• pp.431-434
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• 2003

In this paper, we propose an efficient method not only f3r producing accurate region segmentation, solving the over-segmentation problem of watershed algorithm but also f3r reducing post-processing time by reducing computation loads. Through this proposed method, region segmentation of neighboring objects and discrimination of similar intensities were effectively obtained. Input image of watershed algorithm has used the derivative-based detectors such as Sobel and Canny. But proposed method uses the pixels-similarity-based detector, that is, SUSAN. By adopting this proposed method, we can reduce the noise problem and solve the problem of over-segmentation and not lose the edge information of objects. We also propose Zero-Crossing SUSAN. With Zero-Crossing SUSAN, the edge localization, times and computation loads can be improved over those obtained from existing SUSAN

• Journal of Ocean Engineering and Technology
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• v.22 no.1
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• pp.30-36
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• 2008

Underwater ambient noise originating from geophysical, biological, and man-made acoustic sources contains information on the source and the ocean environment. Such noise affectsthe performance of sonar equipment. In this paper, three steps are used to identify the ambient noise source, detection, feature extraction, and similarity measurement. First, we use the zero-crossing rate to detect the ambient noisesource from background noise. Then, a set of feature vectors is proposed forthe ambient noise source using the Hilbert-Huang transform and the Karhunen-Loeve transform. Finally, the Euclidean distance is used to measure the similarity between the standard feature vector and the feature vector of the unknown ambient noise source. The developed algorithm is applied to the observed ocean data, and the results are presented and discussed.

• KIEE International Transactions on Electrophysics and Applications
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• v.11C no.4
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• pp.120-126
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• 2001

For the past five years, Inha University has been observing the electric fields produced by cloud-to-ground return strokes. This paper presents the summary of most recent results. Statistics on the zero-to-peak rise time, the zero-to-zero crossing time and the amplitude ratio of the second peak in the opposite polarity to the first peak were examined. The radiation electric fields produced by distant cloud-to-ground return strokes were substantially same pattern. The first return stroke field starts with a slowly increasing front and rises abruptly to peak. The rising portions of the electric fields produced by cloud-to-ground return strokes last 1 $mutextrm{s}$ to a few $mutextrm{s}$. The mean values of the zero-to-peak rise times of electric fields were 5.72 $mutextrm{s}$ and 4.12 $mutextrm{s}$ for the positive and the negative cloud-to-ground return strokes, respectively. The mean of the zero-to-zero crossing time for the positive return strokes was 29.48 $mutextrm{s}$ compared with 38.54 $mutextrm{s}$ for the negative return strokes. The depths of the dip after the peak of return stroke electric fields also have the dependence on the polarity of cloud-to-ground return stroke, and the mean values for the positive and negative cloud-to-ground return strokes were 33.55 and 28.19%, respectively.

• Proceedings of the KIEE Conference
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• 2003.11a
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• pp.259-261
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• 2003

오늘날 상용화되어 있는 디지털 주파수 계전기는 교차된 시스템 전압의 양단이 0 으로 되는 동안의 시간을 측정하여 주파수를 얻는다. 이러한 계전기의 동작은 왜곡된 고조파와 노이즈로 인하여 주파수 측정을 잘못하는데 이로 인해 zoro crossing이 변하거나 증가된 zero crossing이 생성된다. 최근 몇몇의 디지털 주파수 계전기 알고리즘이 제안되었다. 본 논문에서도 역시 보다 정확하면서 고속데이터 처리가 가능하도록 보호 계전기 연산에 사용되는 알고리즘을 최적화하고자 한다.

• The Journal of Korean Institute of Communications and Information Sciences
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• v.22 no.10
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• pp.2246-2255
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• 1997

Gardner proposed an algorithm for timing recovery of BPSK/QPSK signals based on zero-crossing detection technique. When Gardner's method is applied to multi-level PAM signals, it suffers from increased timing jitter due to self noise. To alleviate this problem, an improved algoritjm is proposed in this paper. The timing function is modified so that it zero point at the transition of PAM signals, that results in remarkable reduced timing jitter. The performance of the proposed algorithm is analyzed and compared to that of Garner's one. Finally, analytical results are verified by computer simulation.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.54 no.6
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• pp.262-268
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• 2005

In this work, to obtain the detailed information about lightning electromagnetic field waveforms, the LabVIEW based-measurement system of time-changing magnetic fields was designed and constructed. The frequency bandwidth of the magnetic field measuring system ranges from 300 [Hz] to 1 [MHz], and the response sensitivity is 2.78 [mV/nT]. Data acquisition system with the resolution of 12 bits and memory capacity of 32 [Mbyte] was triggered by the magnetic field to be measured. The properties and parameters of the magnetic fields produced by cloud discharges were statistically investigated. The magnetic field waveforms radiated from cloud lighting discharges tend to be bipolar, with two or more narrow and several pulses superimposed on the initial front part. The recording length of the magnetic field measurement system is about 10 [ms]. The mean duration of cloud discharges is 1.3 [ms], and the number of outburst pulses for the period is 8 in average. The front times of the magnetic fields are 6.15 [$\mu$s] in average. The the zero-to-zero crossing times that is the initial half-cycle duration is widely dispersed and the mean value is 9.61 [$\mu$s], and the mean value of percentage depth of dip to opposite polarity is 41.1 [$\%$].

• Journal of IKEEE
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• v.23 no.4
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• pp.1430-1439
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• 2019

In Functional Mockup Interface(FMI)-based co-simulation, a bisectional algorithm can be used to find the zerocrossing point as a way to improve the accuracy of the simulation results. In this paper, the proposed master algorithm(MA) analyzes the repeated interval graph and predicts the next interval by applying the Markov Chain to the step size. In the simulation, we propose an algorithm to minimize the rollback by storing the step size that changes according to the graph type as an array and applying it to the next prediction interval when the rollback occurs in the simulation. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm reduces the simulation time by more than 20% compared to the existing algorithm.

• Korean Journal of Optics and Photonics
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• v.16 no.6
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• pp.516-520
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• 2005

We proposed an efficient phase stepping method for the use in fiber-optic ESPI. To improve phase-stepping accuracy and efficiency, a fiber-optic Michelson interferometer was phase-modulated by a ramp-driven fiber stretcher, resulting in 4$\pi$ phase excursion in the PD interference signal. The zero-crossing points of the signal, which have consecutive $\pi$ phase difference, were carefully detected and used to generate trigger signals for the CCD camera. From the experimental results by using this algorithm, $\pi$/2 phase-stepping errors between the speckle patterns were measured to be less than 0.6 mrad with 100 Hz image capture speed. Also it has been shown that the error from the nonlinear phase modulation and environmental perturbations could be minimized without any feedback algorithm.

• The Journal of the Korea institute of electronic communication sciences
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• v.5 no.2
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• pp.164-170
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• 2010

In brushless DC motor, current flow should be controlled such that only properly selected 2 out of 3 phases carry current depending on the position of rotor. In order to detect position of rotor, hole sensor, encoder, optical position-detecting sensor, and magnetic position-detecting sensor are frequently employed. These sensors not only often cause malfunction in low and high temperature but they also have disadvantage of increasing cost and size of an motor system. To reduce the cost and size and to increase the robustness of the motor system, recently researches on sensorless motor dirve are very active. This paper proposes a novel unipolar PWM switching method that can improve the control problem caused by the difficulty of detecting zero crossing point at high revolution speed by minimizing the switching noise while increasing the lifespan of the drive system.

• The Transactions of the Korean Institute of Electrical Engineers C
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• v.53 no.6
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• pp.330-336
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• 2004

In this work, in order to obtain the detailed information about lightning electromagnetic pulses, the electric fields radiated from multiple lightning return strokes were measured and analyzed statistically. The electric field measuring system consists of a hemisphere antenna of 30cm in diameter, integrator and data acquisition device, and its frequency bandwidth ranges from 200Hz to 1.56MHz, and the sensitivity is 0.96㎷/V/m. The electric field signals are digitized every 200ns with the transient signal analyzer having the resolution of 12-bit and the recording length of 5 kilowords and are registered at personal computer. As a result, the electric fields produced by the first return stroke begin with a slow initial part or front, which starts just after or during the last stepped leader. On the average the rise times of the electric fields for the positive first, second and third strokes are 4.21${\mu}\textrm{s}$, 3.94${\mu}\textrm{s}$ and 2.75${\mu}\textrm{s}$, respectively, and those for the negative first, second and third strokes are 3.46${\mu}\textrm{s}$, 3.15${\mu}\textrm{s}$ and 2.79${\mu}\textrm{s}$, respectively. The zero-crossing times of the electric fields for first return strokes range from about 10 to 80${\mu}\textrm{s}$. The mean zero-crossing times for subsequent return strokes are shorter than those for first lightning return strokes.